Civilian Life:

Dr. Max Krakovsky later changed his name to "Carson" on the 8th June 1945, just prior to

marrying on the 24th June 1945 to to Nan (Annette), together for 60 years. 

Practised Family Medicine from 1953 to 1995 as a member of the Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Staff, after which he remained an Honorary Member. He also was an Emeritus Member of both the Ontario Medical and the Canadian Medical Associations. 

Military Service

Service Number: J/26685

Enlisted: May 12, 1942 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Group: No.6 Bomber Command

Squadron: No.432 (Leaside) Sqdn. RCAF

Airfield: RAF Station East Moor, Sutton-On-The-Forrest, York, England

Aircraft: Handley Page Halifax Mk.VII - NP699/QO-O

Flight Officer / Pilot

Mission:

Mac was on his 34th mission when he took off on a sortie to bomb industrial facilities at Duisburg in the Ruhr, Germany. At about 06:00 hrs, while over the Rocroi area, France the aircraft Collided midair with Handley Page Halifax Mk III - LV818 of No.10 Squadron RAF, which had flown from RAF Station Melbourne and was engaged in the same mission. The two planes fell together. LV818 crashed in the vicinity of Rocroi, near the village of Taillette, at the place called Les Bernes, France close to the Belgian border with the loss of all 8 crew members. NP699 crashed towards Brûly, Belgium with the loss of 6 crew members, but one survivor being Max Krakovsky, who landed safely by parachute near Bruly, Belgium and rescued by American soldiers. 

Fellow crew members;

RCAF Pilot Officer Alfred Goodman-Wells Blayney - Wireless Operator / Air Gunner

RAFVR Pilot Officer Michael Joseph Boylan - Flight Engineer

RCAF Flying Officer Robert Leslie Cann - Navigator

RCAF Pilot Officer James William Green - Rear Air Gunner

RCAF Flying Officer Gordon Douglas Wilson - Air Bomber

RCAF Pilot Officer Stanley Ernest Zadorozny - Mid-Upper Air Gunner

Honours/Citations:

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) with silver maple leaf emblem clasp and Bomber Command bar & War Medal 1939-1945